Fundamental Convention

Uzbekistan ratifies the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention, 1948 (No.87)

Uzbekistan becomes the 154th member State of the ILO to ratify this Fundamental Convention

News | 16 December 2016
On 12 December 2016, Uzbekistan deposited the instrument of ratification of the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention, 1948 (No. 87), thereby becoming the 154th member State of the ILO to ratify this Fundamental Convention.

This ratification is of particular importance for the ILO as Europe and Central Asia has now become the first ILO Region to have ratified all eight ILO Fundamental Conventions. The Region covers 51 countries.

On receiving the instrument of ratification, the Director of the International Labour Standards Department very much welcomed this ratification, which is a testimony to Uzbekistan’s strong commitment on its way to promoting and implementing fundamental rights at work. This commitment is confirming the intensified cooperation between Uzbekistan and the ILO in the framework of the Decent Work Country Programme, which was signed in 2014.

This ratification also underlines the particular importance of Convention 87 amongst ILO member States, affirming the role of freedom of association as a crucial enabling right for the achievement of decent work.

Convention 87 on Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize grants to workers and employers the right to establish and join organizations of their own choosing in order to further and defend their own interests.